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= Chapter 8 = = The War for Independence = At War With the Homeland
 * Fight at Lexington and Concard
 * Continental Congress met at May 1775

= The Second Continatal Congross =


 * Patroits sent a letter caled the __Olive Branch__ Petition
 * Continatal Congress formed army
 * Congress asked coloines to send soliders to Massachusetts

= The Continental Army =
 * George Washington fought !st major battle (at buncker hill)
 * Mant soilders=different clothes and no guns
 * Washington created continentals, Continentals made 1st Colonial army
 * No money, poorly fed, Continentals went to war with most powerful army

= The British Advantage =
 * George Washington's army=mostly first-time soilders
 * British army=professionional soilders
 * Hard for British to fight a war that was 3,000 miles from home
 * British soilders=50,000
 * Genaral Washington soilders=10,000

= Lesson 2 =

The First Steps
= Writing the declaration = =lesson 3= =﻿Americans take sides=
 * Patroit did most change to public
 * Thomas Pane publish common scense
 * Thomas Jefferson wanted words help colonest win freedom war
 * In 3rd longest part of Decleration Jefferson listed colonests' complants

signed people supported rebelling colonies or British king
 * After Declaration of Independence

Churches and the war

 * Peter

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